John Henry Cardinal Newman, David J. DeLaura
The text of the Apologia reprinted in this volume is the definitive
text, embodying all of Newman's later changes, which reached its final
form about 1886. Extensive notes are provided.More
Benjamin Franklin, Joyce E. Chaplin
New Edition
The only edition of the celebrated Autobiography that includes the long-missing and recently identified “Wagon Letters.”More
Lee Gutkind
Volume(s): 1
Narrative nonfiction at its cutting-edge best from writers at the cusp of recognition and fame.More
Margery Kempe, Lynn Staley
The text presented here remains as faithful to the original Middle
English as possible, without sounding archaic.More
Thomas Paine, J. M. Opal
Thomas Paine often declared himself a citizen of the world. This Norton Critical Edition presents Paine and his writing within the transatlantic and global context of the revolutionary ideas and actions of his time.More
Karl Marx, Frederic L. Bender
Second Edition
Karl Marx’s 1848 text is reframed in this revised Norton Critical Edition in the context of twenty-first-century theoretical debates, capitalist globalization, the information technology revolution, and contemporary struggles up to and including the 2011 “Arab Spring.”More
Charles Darwin, Philip Appleman
Third Edition
"The best Darwin anthology on the market" (Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard) has just become better, in this newly revised version of the now classic Norton Critical Edition, first published in 1970.More
Alexis de Tocqueville, Isaac Kramnick, Henry Reeves
The Norton Critical Edition presents Tocqueville’s classic text in the Henry Reeves translation.More
James D. Watson, Gunther S. Stent
Since its publication in 1968, The Double Helix has given countless readers a rare and exciting look at one highly significant piece of scientific research—Watson and Crick's race to discover the molecular structure of DNA. In this Norton Critical Edition, Watson's lively and irreverent account is placed in historical perspective by Gunther Stent's introduction and by retrospective views from two major figures in the adventure, Francis Crick and Linus Pauling, and by Rosalind Franklin's last student, Aaron Klug.More
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Saundra Morris, Joel Porte
This new volume is the most comprehensive collection of Emerson’s writings available in a paperback edition.More
Gerald Hammond, Austin Busch
Volume(s): 2
A stunning work of scholarship, the Norton Critical Edition of The English Bible, King James Version, is the most accessible edition available.More
Herbert Marks
Volume(s): 1
A stunning work of scholarship, the Norton Critical Edition of The English Bible, King James Version, is the most accessible edition available.More
Thomas Robert Malthus, Philip Appleman
Second Edition
While millions face hunger, malnutrition, and starvation, the world’s
population is increasing by over 225,000 people per day, 80 million per
year.More
Jonathan Swift, Claude Rawson, Ian Higgins
This Norton Critical Edition is the fullest single-volume collection of Jonathan Swift's writings, encompassing not only the major prose satires—A Tale of the Tub, Gulliver’s Travels, and A Modest Proposal—but also a large number of other works, including his most important poems and political writings. The texts are accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations by Ian Higgins, thirty illustrations, and a full introduction by Claude Rawson. This is an indispensable edition for scholar and student alike.More
Herodotus, Walter Blanco, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts
Second Edition
Walter Blanco’s acclaimed translation of The Histories is now available in its entirety in this revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition.More